Policy paper

Energy Act 2013: 5 year review

Five-year review of the Energy Act 2013 which introduced a legislative framework for delivering secure, affordable and low carbon energy.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 13 May 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Energy Act 2013: 5 year review

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3260-7, E02733021

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Energy Act 2013: 5 year review

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3260-7, E02733021

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Details

The Energy Act 2013 introduced 2 major policies:

• Capacity Market
• Contracts for Difference (CfD)

and supplementary smaller policies.

We have conducted Post Implementation Reviews to assess the extent to which the objectives of the policies have been achieved.

Evidence used in the review

• evaluation of the CfD scheme - phase 1
• evaluation of the transitional arrangements for demand-side response - phase 4

Published 13 May 2022